Someone should just post a fucking banner ad or pop-up on some popular website that installs Firefox automatically. That way all the lusers would install it. It could be the freakin' smiley-face skinned version to ensure that all the people that would never install Firefox do "just because".
The usage statistics would flip-flop overnight.
Hey, that's what gets the masses to install everything else.
IANAL but if the law was intented to apply to person(s) mass producting child porn for distribution then I would believe that only one copy (or even just a couple) of CD-ROMS would not apply to this law. If convicted there is a pretty stiff penalty so I would think only possession would apply.
"Making" porn would most likely imply forcing a child into sexual acts in order to photograph, or "make", the pornography. Unless, of course, the law is in reference to mass production of this illegal content.
Either way, IMHO the guy should get the maximum penalty for possessing child porn, but not penalized for making it. Someone in Russia made it.
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If Vista is really serious about security it will make users login by default into a non-admin account. This will not be a selling point as most users hate having to login. Or at least has been my professional experience.
It's pitiful that so few people oppose this illegal wiretapping. Just think how unchecked government powers strike terror into the citizenship of many countries around the world. Then realize that the framers of our U.S. Constitution were trying to combat this power as they were forging the government.
Yes, keep that in mind then think about why we have "watchdog" groups such as the ACLU, EFF, NRA, etc. You don't have to agree with everything they do, just realize that they are trying to protect your rights as others try to take them away.
Now, what scares you more; a national government with over-stretching powers or a group of terrorists based out of the middle-east?
I just don't get it why some other network doesn't just pick it up and start making new episodes. Okay, I do realize that Fox owns the TV rights to the show but, heck, I'm sure they'd sell for the right price. Besides, there is a rabid group of fans practially demanding more episodes.
Why can't some network like Sci-Fi, FX, USA, or something make a mini-season of 6-12 episodes then run them over and over again. Sure, Firefly doesn't have as many viewers as, say, CSI but the fans watch the hell out of it over and over again. Surely that has to help with ads.
Heck, cut production costs down from $1Million. Just have Mal keep the boat flying on the outer edge of the 'verse for a while and center most episodes on the boat and in the desert or something. Keep the special effects down for a few episodes.
Once we needed to upgrade an AS/400. Heck, we needed a NEW AS/400 but did not have money in the budget for a new machine although we did have upgrade money in the budget. IBM gave us a proposal to "upgrade" our AS/400. Basically, we would get a new machine but keep the old machine's serial number.
I cannot remember if the prices were skewed higher or not. I believe we still received discounted pricing. This was a not a government agency though.;-)
Most grandmas and Joe Sixpack users out there NEED an appliance. No PC is an appliance right now. Until they can get what they need we will be bitching and they will be bitching as well.
All of those users COULD be using Linux but will not be for the foreseeable future. Maybe if Microsoft could make an "appliance" version of Windows instead of all the other versions (Home, Pro, Media) that basically turned everything off (java, etc.) made the default user the lowest user class available, and only installed applications during Windows Update that are truely needed then some of the problems might be a little less frequent.
Maybe the Update Center could even have a list of programs that can be installed upon request. Hey, just an idea.;-)
Although I consider myself to be a good driver (who doesn't?) I can speak from experience that even if someone is a good driver they can get used to the technology.
When I bought my Subaru, argueably one of the best designed cars for bad weather driving, the sales person told me that after driving a Subaru for a while any other vehicle would feel dangerous in bad weather.
Yeah, sure, whatever. I bought it and had it for a few years but ended up needing to trade it for reasons unrelated to the vehicle. Now I have an SUV and I will say that this vehicle feels like a buttered banana peel hitting an oil slick in bad weather.
Of course some of the problem can be traced to the tires (they still have tread though) but there is a world of difference.
If AWD, lower center of gravity and ABS can make that much of a difference, I can only imagine what traction control, radar, or anything else could do to make us lax in our driving.
Not only should they build a prototype if they plan to sell any, but I would think that at least one person at their company would want one and they should have already built one for that person.
Too bad I don't have mod points for you. I don't know how much weight the military currently expects a soldier to carry but if they can make 70lbs feel like five (not to mention the 100lbs of the exoskeleton) then the military will probably only be limited by bulk instead of mass while piling more supplies onto their soldiers.
It would definitely suck once the equipment fails (totally or partially) in the field. A soldier could be ditching up to 80% of their supplies after a failure.
... the box will have a controller so that the kid can play the game that is being demo'd on the outside of the box. Heck, parents buy video games to shut kids up. They will surely buy a box of cereal to do that, too.
The controller will be super cheap. About the same cost as the cheap plastic toy that usually is inside.
Sure, it won't be a high-tech game (probably at first) but is just has to be playable for a week or so until the box is empty. By then a new game will be demo'd at the supermarket.
Guess I'll be showing my age here but I still buy CDs and then create my own digital copies of them. A CD is usually 8-18 tracks with a great fold out with band bios, photos, etc. and, of course, the CD actually becomes my backup media for the music I payed for.
I still prefer to get my music this way, but that's not the point. I get up to 18 songs and all the "extras" for $17.99 (actually less) if I buy at the mall (which I never do). So, at about a $1 per song plus the cost of backup media and the fun band bio foldout I really don't know why people would pay much more than 99 cents per tune anyway.
1. Erase HDD of old Linux box
2. Install Windows Ad-Supported Version
3. ??? Sell box to someone that knows no better ???
4. Profit!!! (Use money to build new Linux box)
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Too bad He didn't help intelligently design their web server. It's /.ed already.
Someone should just post a fucking banner ad or pop-up on some popular website that installs Firefox automatically. That way all the lusers would install it. It could be the freakin' smiley-face skinned version to ensure that all the people that would never install Firefox do "just because".
The usage statistics would flip-flop overnight.
Hey, that's what gets the masses to install everything else.
IANAL but if the law was intented to apply to person(s) mass producting child porn for distribution then I would believe that only one copy (or even just a couple) of CD-ROMS would not apply to this law. If convicted there is a pretty stiff penalty so I would think only possession would apply.
"Making" porn would most likely imply forcing a child into sexual acts in order to photograph, or "make", the pornography. Unless, of course, the law is in reference to mass production of this illegal content.
Either way, IMHO the guy should get the maximum penalty for possessing child porn, but not penalized for making it. Someone in Russia made it.
If Vista is really serious about security it will make users login by default into a non-admin account. This will not be a selling point as most users hate having to login. Or at least has been my professional experience.
It's pitiful that so few people oppose this illegal wiretapping. Just think how unchecked government powers strike terror into the citizenship of many countries around the world. Then realize that the framers of our U.S. Constitution were trying to combat this power as they were forging the government.
Yes, keep that in mind then think about why we have "watchdog" groups such as the ACLU, EFF, NRA, etc. You don't have to agree with everything they do, just realize that they are trying to protect your rights as others try to take them away.
Now, what scares you more; a national government with over-stretching powers or a group of terrorists based out of the middle-east?
Son: "Ha ha! I just fragged you!"
Dad: "You're grounded."
Family bonding.
And I thought "Breatharian" was something dreamed up just for a comedy on FX. Starved
This must be the least used search engine on the planet. Sheesh.
The logs, I would presume, would be included in their backups. Big companies keep backups of everything for long periods of time. SOP
I just don't get it why some other network doesn't just pick it up and start making new episodes. Okay, I do realize that Fox owns the TV rights to the show but, heck, I'm sure they'd sell for the right price. Besides, there is a rabid group of fans practially demanding more episodes.
Why can't some network like Sci-Fi, FX, USA, or something make a mini-season of 6-12 episodes then run them over and over again. Sure, Firefly doesn't have as many viewers as, say, CSI but the fans watch the hell out of it over and over again. Surely that has to help with ads.
Heck, cut production costs down from $1Million. Just have Mal keep the boat flying on the outer edge of the 'verse for a while and center most episodes on the boat and in the desert or something. Keep the special effects down for a few episodes.
Then again, what do I know?
Once we needed to upgrade an AS/400. Heck, we needed a NEW AS/400 but did not have money in the budget for a new machine although we did have upgrade money in the budget. IBM gave us a proposal to "upgrade" our AS/400. Basically, we would get a new machine but keep the old machine's serial number.
;-)
I cannot remember if the prices were skewed higher or not. I believe we still received discounted pricing. This was a not a government agency though.
Are you afraid that if Microsoft Security isn't greatly improved in Vista that a chair will be thrown at you?
Most grandmas and Joe Sixpack users out there NEED an appliance. No PC is an appliance right now. Until they can get what they need we will be bitching and they will be bitching as well.
;-)
All of those users COULD be using Linux but will not be for the foreseeable future. Maybe if Microsoft could make an "appliance" version of Windows instead of all the other versions (Home, Pro, Media) that basically turned everything off (java, etc.) made the default user the lowest user class available, and only installed applications during Windows Update that are truely needed then some of the problems might be a little less frequent.
Maybe the Update Center could even have a list of programs that can be installed upon request. Hey, just an idea.
IMHO SciFi makes a couple of good movies a year and some fun-to-watch "B" movie escapism movies to help fill the void.
I like them and hope they keep up the work.
Perhaps you're referring to Dweebs.
Although I consider myself to be a good driver (who doesn't?) I can speak from experience that even if someone is a good driver they can get used to the technology.
When I bought my Subaru, argueably one of the best designed cars for bad weather driving, the sales person told me that after driving a Subaru for a while any other vehicle would feel dangerous in bad weather.
Yeah, sure, whatever. I bought it and had it for a few years but ended up needing to trade it for reasons unrelated to the vehicle. Now I have an SUV and I will say that this vehicle feels like a buttered banana peel hitting an oil slick in bad weather.
Of course some of the problem can be traced to the tires (they still have tread though) but there is a world of difference.
If AWD, lower center of gravity and ABS can make that much of a difference, I can only imagine what traction control, radar, or anything else could do to make us lax in our driving.
Not only should they build a prototype if they plan to sell any, but I would think that at least one person at their company would want one and they should have already built one for that person.
Just my $.02.
News articles about Dell using AMD processors is the tech equivalent of crying wolf. If Dell ever actually uses AMD processors nobody will believe it.
Too bad I don't have mod points for you. I don't know how much weight the military currently expects a soldier to carry but if they can make 70lbs feel like five (not to mention the 100lbs of the exoskeleton) then the military will probably only be limited by bulk instead of mass while piling more supplies onto their soldiers.
It would definitely suck once the equipment fails (totally or partially) in the field. A soldier could be ditching up to 80% of their supplies after a failure.
... the box will have a controller so that the kid can play the game that is being demo'd on the outside of the box. Heck, parents buy video games to shut kids up. They will surely buy a box of cereal to do that, too.
The controller will be super cheap. About the same cost as the cheap plastic toy that usually is inside.
Sure, it won't be a high-tech game (probably at first) but is just has to be playable for a week or so until the box is empty. By then a new game will be demo'd at the supermarket.
I hate to admit that I'm from Kansas but to my merit I ended up here.
Anyway, you think the toll between KC and Topeka is bad now, just wait until after we secede. Cross country road trips will REALLY suck.
Guess I'll be showing my age here but I still buy CDs and then create my own digital copies of them. A CD is usually 8-18 tracks with a great fold out with band bios, photos, etc. and, of course, the CD actually becomes my backup media for the music I payed for.
I still prefer to get my music this way, but that's not the point. I get up to 18 songs and all the "extras" for $17.99 (actually less) if I buy at the mall (which I never do). So, at about a $1 per song plus the cost of backup media and the fun band bio foldout I really don't know why people would pay much more than 99 cents per tune anyway.
How is this post "offtopic"? If anything it's "funny" because it's implying that as an anonymous user articles can still be edited.
This isn't the first time Microsoft has been late to the race. They are the masters of catch up and making the most of what someone else pioneered.
Slashdotters are quick to laugh at Micro$oft, but Microsoft is the one laughing all the way to the bank.
1. Erase HDD of old Linux box 2. Install Windows Ad-Supported Version 3. ??? Sell box to someone that knows no better ??? 4. Profit!!! (Use money to build new Linux box)